v1.18

• [Enhancement] First-class support for namespaces. HBTable annotation now accepts namespace as a parameter (this is optional, to maintain backward compatibility with older versions)
• [Enhancement] Upgraded dependent libraries and maven plugins
• [Enhancement] Added Jackson datatype support for JDK 8 types by default
• [Fix] Fixed a rare issue which occurred if you were instantiating object mapper with more than one codec
• [Improvement] Error handling, Javadoc and README improvements
• [Change] Moved HBase library dependency from Cloudera's Hortonworks Data Platform version to Apache version